The Independence City Council will consider an ordinance later this month that would ban recreational marijuana use in public ...

Councilmembers are weighing a change to the city code that would criminalize public marijuana use more harshly.

While recreational marijuana use is legal in the state the Missouri Constitution allows cities and counties to regulate when ...

A father told KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva Monday he can forgive the drunk driver who killed his daughter in a December ...

Independence City Council members are pushing to further regulate the use of recreational marijuana in public places.

Missouri Sen. Joe Nicola proposes cutting Independence School Board terms from 6 to 3 years to match other districts ...

A mural at Independence Square shows Independence's origins as a trail head for westward travel. The city of Independence, Missouri was famously the starting point for the Santa Fe, California and ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri school board has voted to move its school district to a four-day school week. The below message was posted on the school district's website Tuesday night: "The ...

A Kansas City man faces a felony charge after police say he led officers on a high-speed chase that topped 110 mph through ...

A 17-year-old male from Oak Grove, Missouri, was pronounced dead after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 Thursday ...